Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s new Storm Fire one-way attack drone has been designed to be mass produced through distributed manufacturing, the Royal Air Forced has confirmed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Boeing is looking to advance the installation of an AESA radar onto the Apache, as the airframer and the U.S. Army seek to expand the rotorcraft’s situational awareness.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy has pushed back the deadline for companies to file their proposals to build its next-generation trainer under the UJTS competition despite a push to move quickly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sikorsky would commit to opening helicopter production facilities in Europe if its proposals for NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability are selected by the partner nations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman is increasing its pitch for airborne electronic warfare self-protection systems on international F-16s, business jets and even bigger aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has signed a memorandum of understanding with Northrop Grumman to support NATO plans to introduce the latter’s Triton high-altitude uncrewed air system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Saab plans to boost output of GlobalEye AEW systems to six aircraft per year and may consider a second European site, CEO Micael Johansson says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Australia has revived its Future Lead-In Fighter program, with the government launching industry engagement for Project Air 6002.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Loyal Farnborough attendees will remember a decade ago when torrential rain forced an early end to one of the trade days. There is a different kind of storm brewing for this year’s air show.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
An innovation summit to be held July 20 at the University of Cambridge will mark the official opening of the New Whittle Laboratory.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
An unknown technical issue nixed the launch of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship-Super Heavy system in the final second before liftoff on July 16.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK is investing £300 million ($404.3 million) to support Ukraine’s purchase of Saab Gripen fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s large moon Titan is preparing for launch no earlier than July 2028, with arrival in late 2034.
Space Exploration

Aviation Week Staff
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By Graham Warwick
Israeli drone-maker Colugo Systems is developing a heavy-lift VTOL uncrewed cargo aircraft with funding support from national defense and innovation agencies.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Swissto12 To Expand Satellite Production Capacity
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Garrett Reim
Senra Systems has raised a $65 million Series B round to expand its wire harness production to a third factory.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
GE Aerospace raised 2026 forecasts after strong earnings, driven by robust engine demand despite persistent supply-chain constraints and geopolitical uncertainty.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
Canada is expected to join the British-Italian-Japanese GCAP fighter program as an observer, signaling interest in its next-generation stealth aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
United Arab Emirates defense conglomerate Edge Group says it has acquired 100% of Brazilian aerospace and engineering firm Akaer, expanding its foothold in the South American country.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
A project to develop an autonomous capability for orchestrating complex, large-scale air combat scenarios has entered flight testing on a group of six Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 42 fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Lockheed Martin expects to “soon” close corporate venture capital investment deals in the UK and/or continental Europe.
Supply Chain

By Rachel Hutchison
European procurement spending has surged by over 160% since 2021, and this dramatic increase has led to record backlogs for European defense companies.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
The RAF's new collaborative combat aircraft program will act like a “guardian angel” and “attack dog” for crewed fighters, Defense Readiness Minister Luke Pollard says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The U.S. government has given the go-ahead for Saudi Arabia to buy a large number of BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems (APKWS).
Missile Defense & Weapons